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What's one giant LIE that's frequently taught in schools as a lesson? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 149 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I remember in school learning about the different areas of the tongue tasting different things, and then we had an experiment to try it, and everyone was like "wow it works!" but I told the teacher it didn't work for me, and I got told I was doing it wrong =w=

Anywho, the entire thing about different tastes being localized to different areas is bullshit, so that's 1 point to me and 0 to the teacher

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  • [–] 46 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    My daughter and I did this for one of her science projects. I would drop lemon juice or sugar water somewhere on her tongue, and she was able to taste everything everywhere.

    It was so long ago I don't remember, but I hope we got a good grade on that one!

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago

    Yah you didn't succumb to confirmation bias. I knew as a kid this was wrong because they said viewer was treated in the back... yeah then explain when i got laundry detergent on my fingers forgot about it and when to clean my fingernails layer and the tip of my tongue is absolutely tasting bitterness.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    We “learned” that in 6th grade science.

    I remember the same teacher had a test question which was something like “you and a friend are playing at a landfill, and your friend spills sulfuric acid all over themselves, what should you do?” and the ‘correct’ answer was “pour sodium hydroxide on the spill” instead of my answer of “pour water on the spill.”

    I had another science teacher who made a huge deal about her chronic Lyme, which is this really weird alternative medicine thing.

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